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WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2009

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Today is Wednesday, July 22, the 203rd day of 2009. There are 162 days left in the year.

1775 _ George Washington takes command of the troops

1898 _ Belgica crew see first sunrise in 1600 hours ― first to endure Antarctic winter

1918 _ Lightning kills 504 sheep in Utah's Wasatch National Park

1923 _ Walter Johnson becomes the first to strikeout 3,000

1939 _ First black woman judge (Jane Matilda Bolin-NYC)

1963 _ Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson to retain heavyweight championship

1967 _ Jimi Hendrix quits as opening act of the Monkees' tour

1972 _ Venera 8 makes soft landing on Venus

1983 _ Poland's P.M. Jaruzelski lifts martial law

1983 _ Dick Smith makes first solo helicopter flight around the world